A new genetic analysis has uncovered an ancient and previously unknown human lineage in southwestern China, offering a ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing sanctuaries, ...

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Up to this point, we didn’t believe there was any other lineage that would appear in South America,” said archaeologist Andre ...

The genetic origins and evolutionary adaptations of Tibetans have long intrigued researchers. Previously, scientists had ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) whole-genome sequencing (WGS)-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) detection has the highest ...

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study ...

Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA ...

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old ...

In a 2014 Nature paper, Ralston described this awkward process — trogocytosis, or “cell nibbling.” It was a revelation at the ...

A decline in the population density led to the eventual collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, they concluded. This was ...